Model of the U.S.S. Akron leaving the Goodyear Airdock, 1931
Title
Model of the U.S.S . Akron leaving the Goodyear Airdock , 1931
Subject
Goodyear Aerospace Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. Goodyear Airdock Blimps Aerial Photography U.S.S. Akron
Description
Photograph of a model of the U.S.S . Akron leaving the Goodyear Airdock on August 8 , 1931 . The model was constructed by L . B . Hiebel , Assistant Engineer , City Planning Commission , Akron , Ohio . Construction of U.S.S . Akron began in November , 1929 at the newly completed Goodyear-Zeppelin Airdock in Akron . The 785-foot-long ship was christened by First Lady Lou Hoover , the wife of President Herbert Hoover , on Aug . 8 , 1931 , and made its first flight the next month . The ship , which had a crew of 60 , was able to stay aloft for several days and fly thousands of miles before returning to base . On the evening of of April 3 , 1933 the U.S.S . Akron departed Lakehurst on a mission to calibrate radio equipment along the northeastern coast . Shortly after midnight , the ship was hit by a series of strong updrafts and downdrafts off the New Jersey coast . While attempting to climb , the ship's tail struck the water . With its control surfaces destroyed , the ship crashed into the ocean . Only three people survived .
Contributors
Akron Beacon Journal
Date
August 8 , 1931
Time period
1930s
Type
image
Format
6 x 9.5 in.
Source
Airdock_Goodyear_Akron_2_12a
Verso Transcription
Front : L . B . Hiebel , Asst . ENG . City Planning Commission Akron , Ohio . Back : Wednesday JAN 11 1978 / WED Jan 14 1998 / The Akron leaving Akron Airdock / SEP 7 1986 / Friday DEC 29 1972 / SUN Jan 1 1996 / U.S.S . Akron leaving Airdock on 8-8-31
Relation
Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection
This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
Rights
Copyright Beacon Journal Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproductions
http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/abjreproductions
Sources Consulted
Farkas, Karen. "The USS Akron, a rigid airship that crashed in 1933, killing 76, will be preserved on film" Cleveland.com, August 12, 2014, http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/08/the_uss_akron_a_rigid_airship.html
Date created
November 06 2014
Date modified
June 11 2015
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